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  1. Canon Rumors Guy

    Save big on refurbished Canon IS binoculars

    The Canon USA store is having a sale on refurbished IS binoculars along with the usual cameras and lenses. Canon’s IS binoculars aren’t the best optically, though they do compete well at their price point. However, the image stabilization can really help out people that can’t comfortably use...
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    Canon 1st Quarter 2024 Financials

    Today, Canon released their financials for the first quarter of 2024. Overall the company’s sales increased for the year, but operating profit was down. Personally I think the first 3 months of the calendar year are always tough to predict because a lot of it depends on what was left over from...
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    Canon Patent Application: SPAD Stacked Sensor

    In this patent application (2024-056859) Canon is looking at improving the reliability of an SPAD sensor. A SPAD (Single Photon Avalanche Diode) sensor, operates by putting the diode into, yes, you guessed it – avalanche mode. In loose terms, that requires a high negative bias voltage (somewhere...
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    Upcoming 2024 Canon RF lens recap

    The last day or two we have seen a flurry of information for all things RF mount lenses, which also includes the addition of both SIGMA and Tamron to the fray. Simon from The Ordinary Filmmaker is the source for a lot of this information. According to TOF, all of these lenses will run at See...
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    TAMRON announces development of first CANON RF mount lens

    The compact, lightweight, fast-aperture F2.8 ultra wide-angle zoom 11-20mm F/2.8 Di III-A RXD (Model B060) April 23, 2024, Tamron Co., Ltd. (President & CEO: Shogo Sakuraba; Headquarters: Saitama City, Japan; “TAMRON”), a leading manufacturer of optics for diverse applications, announces the...
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    The first SIGMA RF lens arrives in July, more in Q4 of 2024

    SIGMA has announces which lenses will be coming to the RF mount in 2024 and the first one will hit the market in July of this year. The cavaet? Just like the initial launch of Z mount lenses for Nikon, they first round of lenses for the RF mount from SIGMA will be for APS-C. See full article...
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    Canon USA launches new refurbished gear sale

    Canon USA is once again having a sale on refurbished gear, and a lot of popular stuff. As always, all refurbished gear from Canon USA comes with a full 1-year Canon USA warranty Purchase Options See full article...
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    Canon RF 24mm f/1.4L USM and RF 50mm f/1.4L USM coming in Q4 as part of a "hybrid family" of L prime lenses

    The Canon RF prime lineup has been one of sadness and frustration for some shooters, but it looks like that is going to be rectified soon for a lot of shooters. Back in September we mentioned that an RF 50mm f/1.4 was in the pipeline, but we didn’t have any idea when it was coming. See full...
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    Anker 10-in-1 USB C Docking Station with Dual HDMI and DisplayPort Win/Mac $115 (Reg $249)

    The well regarded Anker 10-in-1 USB C Docking Station with Dual HDMI and DisplayPort for both WIndows and Mac is half off for a limited time. The Features Anker 10-in-1 USB C Docking Station with Dual HDMI and DisplayPort Win/Mac $115 (Reg $249) See full article...
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    Save up to 25% on ASUS networking and WiFi systems

    For a limited time, you can save up to 25% off many ASUS networking and WiFi solutions. There are mesh system, gaming routers and more currently discounted. Check out the ASUS Networking Deals See full article...
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    MAP Camera: Nikon takes top spots

    I have a little of a soft spot for Nikon even though they were the dark side for the longest of times, they were still Canon’s respected competitor for decades. MAP camera is a very large Japan based camera company that is usually biased more towards professional camera systems which is why you...
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    A fourth unreleased Canon camera has appeared for certification

    A fourth unreleased Canon camera has appeared for the usual communications certification. This brings us up to two cinema/video cameras and two EOS R series cameras that will likely be announced in 2024. We expect the announcements to start in May. ID0174 ID0179 DS126928 DS126922 Source: weibo...
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    Canon releases a full frame 19MP Global shutter sensor to Market

    Canon has released the LI5030SA CMOS sensor for sale. It is a full frame global shutter sensor with 12 bit read out. According to Canon; LI5030SA is a CMOS type of solid-state image sensor with a 35mm full frame effective pixel array of 19 Megapixels. It uses a global shutter function instead of...
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    Canon USA has restocked refurbished RF 600mm f/4L IS and RF 400mm f/2.8L IS lenses

    Canon USA has restocked refurbished copies of both the RF 400mm f/2.8L IS USM and the RF 600mm f/4L IS USM. As always, all refurbished gear from Canon USA comes with a full 1-year Canon USA warranty. Purchase Options See full article...
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    Canon Patent Application: APS-C Dual Fisheye

    In this patent application (2024-055909) Canon discusses quite a few embodiments of an dual fisheye 3D/VR lens similar to the RF5.2mm f/2.8L Dual Fisheye. The one of interest, is the APS-C embodiment as it’s one that is rumored to be coming out soon. Now generally, we have to go by half image...
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    Japan Domestic market grew for the first time in 13 years

    An article in Nikkei points out that the Japanese domestic market has grown for the first time in 13 years. Which kind of shows just how bad it’s gotten for the japanese marketplace. The Japanese market has gone from its peak of over 10 million units down in 2010 and has basically been in a See...
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    The Canon PowerShot V10 Mark II rumored for Q4 of 2024

    The oddball Canon PowerShot V10 is apparently going to get a successor in Q4 of 2024. We have never used one, but if there’s going to be sequel, I guess Canon sees some potential. Rumoured features fir the PowerShot V10 Mark II include FullHD @ 120fps, enhanced mic over the original along with...
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    Save up to 50% on Samsung Monitors

    Samsung is having a big sale on a lot of its line of monitors. It seems every segment of monitors is on sale, including gaming, business, ultrawide, curved, affordable and everything inbetween. Our favourite deals If none of those tickle your fancy, you can see all of the Samsung monitors...
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    Delkin Devices CFe Type-B 325GB BLACK $189 (Reg $399)

    I have been using some Delkin Devices CFe Type-B cards for a while now and I have been quite happy with them. Does anyone make bad CFexpress cards? You can grab the Delkin Devices 325GB Black CFexpress Type-B card for only $189 at B&H Photo. Delkin Devices 325GB BLACK Delkin Devices CFexpress...
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    Canon Patent Application: Canon Posture Fit makes an Appearance

    About 3 years ago Canon showed off a prototype of a posture fit device that would recognize when you were slouching and generally having bad posture while sitting at your desk. It would then remind you to correct your posture. It would continually remind you of this by flashing a light and...